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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Debug COM interop</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect enables you to debug .NET managed code executed using COM in either a Local or an In-Process server. This feature is useful for debugging Plugins and ActiveX components.</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Create a package in Enterprise Architect and import the code to debug. See </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="codeengineering.htm">Code Engineering</a></span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Ensure the COM component is built with </span><span class="f_NumberedList">debug</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> information.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Create a Script for the Package. </span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Debug</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab, you can elect to either attach to an unmanaged process or specify the path to an unmanaged application to call your managed code.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="debug_script_attach_small.png" width="674" height="293" border="0" alt="debug_script_attach_small"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Add breakpoints in the source code to debug.</span></li>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Attach to an Unmanaged Process</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">If an In-Process COM server, attach to the client process or</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">If a Local COM Server, attach to the server process.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Click on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Debug</span><span class="f_BodyText"> window </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Run</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button (or press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[F6]</span><span class="f_BodyText">) to display a list of processes from which you can choose.</span></p>
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<td valign="bottom" width="952" bgcolor="#efeff7" style="width:952px; background-color:#efeff7;"><p class="p_TiporNote" style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_TiporNote" style="color: #ff0000;">Important:</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Detaching from a COM interop process you have been debugging terminates the process. This is a known issue for Microsoft .NET Framework, and information on it can be found on many of the MSDN .NET blogs.</span></p>
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